Watching for Spring
We are waiting and watching. Come on, spring! First came the winter solstice. The next day we swore we could see that daylight lasted a minute later. We love the quietude of winter, when we bury ourselves in plant catalogues and plot garden changes, but we’re always anxious for longer days and signs of spring. […]
Remembering Ingrid Ernestl
Remembering Ingrid Ernestl (1965-2018), Great Gardener and Friend Three wonderful women who’ve all gardened with us. Left to right: Ingrid Ernestl, Teresa Smith, Fran West In 1994 a friend called and asked if we would like to have some help in the garden. My husband and I were in our 50s and realized that we […]
Welcome, Joe!
A year ago we planted a stand of Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium dubium ‘Little Joe’) in a sunny spot on the path down to the garden. Fireworks of colorful purple blooms are the result this late summer. We love the late bloom time because of the color it adds to our garden and the pollinators […]
Emerald City
Big leaves. Tall plants. Prodigious blooms. More than nine inches of rain in the past six weeks have created a Rosseau-esque vision on Walnut Hill. Our plants look as if we’ve treated them with major fertilizer, but we have not. Not since June 2014, when Roger Foley documented our early summer gardens for the book, […]
